---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the definition of volunteer fire department for purposes of certain motor fuel tax exemptions."
description: "Relating to the definition of volunteer fire department for purposes of certain motor fuel tax exemptions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 791"
citation: "Texas HB 791 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Fire Fighters & Police--Volunteer (I0371)", "Taxation--Motor Fuels (I0809)", "Taxation--Sales (I0800)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ashby", "Flores", "Guillen", "Huberty", "King, Ken", "Springer"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 47
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-01-11"
last_action: "2019-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cf68164a-2ed2-413e-bd94-3431ad8310a6"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00700_HB00799/HB 791.xml"
source_hash: "04953265acef0f142f6bd22d3d4d1dbc5e8e861af750ff525d244d571a45bb70"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tx"]
---

# Texas HB 791 (86) — Relating to the definition of volunteer fire department for purposes of certain motor fuel tax exemptions.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/HB00791I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **140–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ashby — primary (person)
- Flores — primary (person)
- Guillen — primary (person)
- Huberty — primary (person)
- King, Ken — primary (person)
- Springer — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-01-11** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-21** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-21** Referred to Ways & Means `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-27** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-27** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-03-27** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-03** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-03** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-05** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-05** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-05** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-04-08** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-11** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-15** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-04-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-15** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-16** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-16** Record vote
- **2019-04-16** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-16** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-16** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-04-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-17** Referred to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-06** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-06** Meeting cancelled
- **2019-05-07** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-07** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-07** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-07** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-07** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-09** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-10** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-05-10** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-10** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-10** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-10** Record vote
- **2019-05-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-10** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-10** Record vote
- **2019-05-10** Senate passage reported
- **2019-05-10** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-13** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-14** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-14** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-24** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-24** Effective immediately

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cf68164a-2ed2-413e-bd94-3431ad8310a6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).